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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• NASA mission Expedition 14 took place from September 18, 2006, to April 21, 2007.
• Astronauts Michael López-Alegría and Sunita Williams were crew members of Expedition 14.
• January 31, 2007: López-Alegría and Williams performed an extravehicular activity (EVA) to replace instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope.
• An EVA (also known as a spacewalk) is an activity done by astronauts outside the spacecraft.
• The duration of their EVA was 7 hours and 55 minutes.
• Theirs is counted among the longest completed spacewalks to date.

The student wants to emphasize the duration of López-Alegría and Williams’s EVA. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

López-Alegría and Williams completed an EVA, also known as a spacewalk, in which they left the spacecraft to replace instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope.

B

Lasting 7 hours and 55 minutes, López-Alegría and Williams’s EVA is one of the longest spacewalks completed to date.

C

During their time as crew members of Expedition 14, López-Alegría and Williams completed an EVA.

D

The EVA completed by Expedition 14 crew members López-Alegría and Williams took place from September 18, 2006, to April 21, 2007.